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algates

algates is the alternative form of algate.

Meaning of algate

Adverb

algate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Always.
  2. (obsolete) Altogether; entirely.
    • His onely hart ſore, and his onely foe, / Sith Vna now he algates must forgoe, [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 187
  3. (obsolete) In any way; at all.
    • Or fayrer then her ſelfe, if ought algate / Might fayrer be.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 514
  4. (obsolete) By any means; at all events.
    • And therefore would I ſhould be algates ſlaine, / For while I liue, his right is in ſuſpence.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...
  5. (obsolete) Notwithstanding; nevertheless.
    • And with the fall his leg oppreſt ſo ſore, / That for a ſpace there muſt he algates dwell.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Third Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...

Questions about algates

What is algates the alternative form of?
Algates is the alternative form of algate.

Words near algates in the dictionary

  1. Algarvean
  2. Algarveans
  3. Algarvian
  4. Algarvians
  5. algate
  6. algates
  7. algazel
  8. algazels
  9. algebra
  10. algebra over a field
  11. algebra over a ring

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